"Amistad (film) Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the true story of the events in 1839 aboard the slave ship ""La Amistad"", during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain control of their captors' ship off the coast of Cuba, and the international legal battle that followed their capture by the ""Washington"", a U.S. revenue cutter. The case was ultimately resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1841. Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, and Matthew McConaughey had starring roles. David Franzoni's screenplay was based on"
"Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Movie Emmy at the 51st Primetime Emmy Awards. Mutiny (1999 film) Mutiny is a 1999 television drama film based on the story of the Port Chicago disaster during World War II where 50 African-American sailors were accused of mutiny because they declined to continue loading munitions after an explosion caused by failures in training and management. The film fairly closely follows the timeline of actual events as set out in the Port Chicago disaster article. The Movie Scene gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, saying that the story behind the"
"Mutiny (1999 film) Mutiny is a 1999 television drama film based on the story of the Port Chicago disaster during World War II where 50 African-American sailors were accused of mutiny because they declined to continue loading munitions after an explosion caused by failures in training and management. The film fairly closely follows the timeline of actual events as set out in the Port Chicago disaster article. The Movie Scene gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, saying that the story behind the film needs to be told, but that ""an 89 minute TV movie is not the way"
"Space Mutiny Space Mutiny (also known as Mutiny in Space) is a 1988 South African space opera action film about a mutiny aboard the generation ship known as the ""Southern Sun"". The film has since developed a cult following after being featured in a popular episode of the television show ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"". The ""Southern Sun"" is a generation ship, or a spacefaring vessel that contains a large number of people, whose mission is to colonize a new world. Its voyage from its original homeworld (implied to be Earth) has lasted thirteen generations, so many of its inhabitants have"
"19th. Space Mutiny Space Mutiny (also known as Mutiny in Space) is a 1988 South African space opera action film about a mutiny aboard the generation ship known as the ""Southern Sun"". The film has since developed a cult following after being featured in a popular episode of the television show ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"". The ""Southern Sun"" is a generation ship, or a spacefaring vessel that contains a large number of people, whose mission is to colonize a new world. Its voyage from its original homeworld (implied to be Earth) has lasted thirteen generations, so many of its inhabitants"
"attempting to rob Van Buren's grave, apparently intending to use the relics in a ritual that would aid Bush in the election. Van Buren is portrayed by Nigel Hawthorne in the 1997 film ""Amistad"". The film depicts the controversy and legal battle surrounding the status of slaves who in 1839 rebelled against their transporters on ""La Amistad"" slave ship. On the television show ""Seinfeld"", the episode ""The Van Buren Boys"" is about a fictional street gang that admires Van Buren and bases its rituals and symbols on him, including the hand sign of eight fingers pointing up. Eight fingers signifies"
"Titanic (1997 film) Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS ""Titanic"", it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage. Cameron's inspiration for the film came from his fascination with shipwrecks; he felt a love story interspersed with the human loss would be essential to convey the emotional impact of the disaster. Production began in 1995, when Cameron shot footage of the actual ""Titanic"""
"Hell Ship Mutiny Hell Ship Mutiny is a 1957 American South Seas adventure film directed by Lee Sholem and Elmo Williams starring Jon Hall who also produced and narrated the film. It is a compilation of a 1955 unsold television pilot ""Knight of the South Seas"". Hall's father Felix Locher plays the role of a native chief. This film is now in the public domain. Captain Jim Knight, and his crew Roxy, Tula, and a chimp named Salty sail the South Seas in search of adventure. They discover a criminal gang has taken over a small island, forcing the native"
"White Slave Ship White Slave Ship is a film released in the United States in 1962. The original Italian version of the film was released in December 1961 as L'ammutinamento. Set in 1675, the film was about a group of convicts being transported from London to the New World as white slaves aboard the ship Albatross, captained by Isaac Cooper (Ivan Desny). Among the convicts held in chains below decks are Doctor Robert Bradley, a political prisoner being transported to the American colonies for treating a wounded rebel (Purdom); Polly, a prostitute (Pier Angeli) and a murderer, Calico Jack (Armand"
"action on ships and were disappointed when they were not assigned to ocean-going ships. Collison interspersed interviews with contemporary news reports about the explosion. The story of the Port Chicago 50 was the basis of ""Mutiny"", a made-for-television movie written by James S. ""Jim"" Henerson and directed by Kevin Hooks, which included Morgan Freeman as one of three executive producers. Starring Michael Jai White, Duane Martin and David Ramsey as three fictional Navy seamen, the film aired on NBC on March 28, 1999. The disaster and the issues involved were featured in ""Port Chicago"", a 2002 episode of the CBS"
"a beautiful new way."" Titanic (1997 film) Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS ""Titanic"", it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage. Cameron's inspiration for the film came from his fascination with shipwrecks; he felt a love story interspersed with the human loss would be essential to convey the emotional impact of the disaster. Production began in 1995, when Cameron shot footage"
"in November 2018 to distance itself from Calhoun's pro-slavery legacy. This followed the renaming of the former Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis to Bde Maka Ska, the traditional Dakota name for the lake. Calhoun was portrayed by actor Arliss Howard in the 1997 film ""Amistad"". The film depicts the controversy and legal battle surrounding the status of slaves who in 1839 rebelled against their transporters on ""La Amistad"" slave ship. Calhoun was despised by Jackson and his supporters for his alleged attempts to subvert the unity of the nation for his own political gain. On his deathbed, Jackson regretted that he"
"executed. The Tula Museum was named after the rebel leader. The revolt was dramatized in the 2013 Dutch film """", directed by Jeroen Leinders and starring Obi Abili as Tula alongside Jeroen Krabbé and Danny Glover. Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795 A slave revolt took place in the Dutch colony of Curaçao in 1795, led by Tula, a local slave, and resulted in a month-long conflict on the island between escapees and the colonial government. Bandabou had between 4,000 and 5,000 inhabitants in 1795, mostly enslaved. The slave Tula had been preparing the insurrection for some weeks. On the morning"
"White Squall (film) White Squall is a 1996 American disaster survival feature film, directed by Ridley Scott. It is a coming of age film in which a group of high school and college age teen-agers sign up for several months of training aboard a sail ship, a brigantine, and travel around half the globe when suddenly they are challenged by a severe storm. The film stars Jeff Bridges in the role of the captain, called ""Skipper"", his wife played by Caroline Goodall, and a supporting cast portraying a group of nearly a dozen student sailors. The film is based on"
"Turbulence (1997 film) Turbulence is a 1997 American disaster crime thriller film directed by Robert Butler and starring Ray Liotta and Lauren Holly. It was distributed by MGM Distribution Co. After Ryan Weaver (Ray Liotta) is arrested in New York City for a murder that he says he did not commit, he must be transported to Los Angeles to face trial. He and another prisoner, Stubbs (Brendan Gleeson), are escorted by four US marshals on a Boeing 747-200 on a commercial flight. Even though it is Christmas Eve, the 747 is nearly empty, with only 11 people on board. The"
"White Slaves (film) White Slaves () is a 1937 German film directed by Karl Anton. It is also known by the longer title Panzerkreuzer Sebastopol: ""Weisse Sklaven"" (""Battleship Sevastopol: ""White Slaves"""") and was later re-released as Rote Bestien (""Red Beasts""). An anti-Soviet propaganda film from the Nazi era, set during the Russian Revolution, the film was designed as a response to Eisenstein's ""Battleship Potemkin"". In St. Petersburg in 1917 revolution is brewing, but in more far-flung parts of Russia life is apparently carrying on as usual. At Sevastopol the officers on board a battleship are looking forward to its return"
"Steel Sharks (film) Steel Sharks is a 1997 American action film directed by Rodney McDonald and starring Gary Busey, Billy Dee Williams and Billy Warlock. It concerns a group of Navy SEALs who are captured and taken aboard an Iranian submarine from which they must escape to survive. The film was released straight-to-video. Several scenes involving Navy helicopter, ship, and command footage from this film were used in the production of Crash Dive, Freedom Strike, Counter Measures and Agent Red. The film opens with a news report of a revolution that has overthrown the Iranian government. This coincides with the"
"Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II, the film is notable for its graphic portrayal of war, and for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which includes a depiction of the Omaha Beach assault during the Normandy landings. It follows United States Army Rangers Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) and a squad (Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, and Jeremy Davies) as they search for a paratrooper,"
"Steven Spielberg's Academy Award-winning film, ""Schindler's List"" (1993). He has since starred in other successful films, including the title role in the historical biopic ""Michael Collins"" (1996), the 1998 film adaptation of Victor Hugo's ""Les Misérables"", the epic space opera """" (1999), the biographical drama ""Kinsey"" (2004), the superhero film ""Batman Begins"" (2005), the action thriller series ""Taken"" (2008–2014), the thriller-survival film ""The Grey"" (2011), and the historical drama ""Silence"" (2016). He also provided the voices of Aslan in ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" trilogy (2005–2010) and the titular monster in ""A Monster Calls"" (2016). He has been nominated for a"
"in Germany, under the title ""White Slaves"". White Slaves (film) White Slaves () is a 1937 German film directed by Karl Anton. It is also known by the longer title Panzerkreuzer Sebastopol: ""Weisse Sklaven"" (""Battleship Sevastopol: ""White Slaves"""") and was later re-released as Rote Bestien (""Red Beasts""). An anti-Soviet propaganda film from the Nazi era, set during the Russian Revolution, the film was designed as a response to Eisenstein's ""Battleship Potemkin"". In St. Petersburg in 1917 revolution is brewing, but in more far-flung parts of Russia life is apparently carrying on as usual. At Sevastopol the officers on board a"
"an escaped slave who learns to read and returns to his former home to teach others to read and write. ""Nightjohn"" was awarded the Vision Award of the NAMIC Vision Awards in 1997 and a Special Citation Award from the National Society of Film Critics in 1998, and was nominated for a Young Artist Award by the Young Artists Awards in 1997. ""Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Wedding"" was directed by Burnett, with Oprah Winfrey as an executive producer. Halle Berry and Carl Lumbly star in this drama surrounding the wedding of a wealthy African American woman and a poor white"
"of Lucius, a slave who escapes via the underground railroad to freedom. The film cuts between the First Battle of Bull Run and the birth of Lucius' child into slavery. Renowned Civil War historian Shelby Foote acted as consultant, and documentary producer Ken Burns was acknowledged for his contributions. He had created the critically acclaimed ""The Civil War"" documentary series in 1990. Class of '61 Class of '61 is a 1993 American war drama television film produced by Steven Spielberg as a projected television series about the American Civil War. It focused on men who were classmates at West Point"
"war heads and seven nuclear reactors from nuclear submarines litter the North Atlantic ocean floor. Hostile Waters (film) Hostile Waters is a British 1997 television film about the loss of the Soviet Navy's ""K-219"", a Yankee I class nuclear ballistic missile sub. The film stars Rutger Hauer as the commander of ""K-219"" and claims to be based on the true story. The film was produced by World Productions for the BBC and HBO, in association with Invision Productions and UFA Filmproduktions. It was written by Troy Kennedy Martin and directed by David Drury, and was first transmitted on BBC One"
"Mutiny (1952 film) Mutiny is a 1952 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Edward Dmytryk. It was produced by the King Brothers Productions and based on a story by Hollister Noble; the two parties also collaborating on ""Drums in the Deep South"". During the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall has to run the blockade of the US coast being operated by the British, in order to collect a war loan obtained from France, which is being paid in gold bullion. His first mate is Ben Waldridge, a former Royal Navy captain who was cashiered by the Navy. Waldridge has"
"the slave trade being illegal. In 1849, a British Royal Navy expedition attacked the slave factory: the Royal Marines freed the slaves and then destroyed Lomboko completely. The fortress plays a prominent part in the Steven Spielberg film ""Amistad"". In the movie, the main character Joseph Cinqué, as well as other slaves, were shown being captured and brought to Lomboko and treated cruelly. The slave liberation and destruction of the fortress is portrayed in the film's climax. Lomboko Lomboko refers to a slave factory, a fortress stockade controlled by the infamous Spanish slave trader Pedro Blanco. It consisted of several"
"recoup its budget. The 1962 movie did not win any Oscars but was nominated for seven: The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film) Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1962 American Technicolor epic historical drama film starring Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard and Richard Harris, based on the novel ""Mutiny on the Bounty"" by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. The film retells the 1789 real-life mutiny aboard HMAV ""Bounty"" led by Fletcher Christian against the ship's captain, William Bligh. It is the second American film to be made from the"
"produced by Hallmark Entertainment. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 Hallmark film) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1997 television film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Ben Cross as Captain Nemo. It premiered on March 23, 1997. Based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne, it is most notable for replacing the character of Professor Aronnax's manservant, Conseil, with the Professor's daughter, Sophie, who disguises herself as a boy so that she may accompany her father aboard the USS ""Abraham Lincoln""; she becomes the apex of a love triangle involving Captain Nemo and Ned the"
"affirmed the prior decision to dismiss the case. The Perfect Storm (film) The Perfect Storm is a 2000 American biographical disaster drama film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and based on the 1997 non-fiction book of the same name by Sebastian Junger. The film tells the story of the ""Andrea Gail"", a commercial fishing vessel that was lost at sea with all hands after being caught in the Perfect Storm of 1991. The film stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, William Fichtner, Michael Ironside, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane, Karen Allen and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. It was released on June 30, 2000,"
"Lone Survivor Lone Survivor is a 2013 American biographical war drama film based on the eponymous 2007 non-fiction book by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. Set during the war in Afghanistan, it dramatizes the unsuccessful United States Navy SEALs counter-insurgent mission Operation Red Wings, during which a four-man SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team was tasked to track down the Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. Written and directed by Peter Berg, the film stars Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, and Eric Bana. Upon first learning of the book in 2007, Berg arranged several meetings with Luttrell to discuss adapting"
"the signing say it encouraged testimony. It was generally supported in the industry. Filming started 20 June 1951. Mutiny (1952 film) Mutiny is a 1952 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Edward Dmytryk. It was produced by the King Brothers Productions and based on a story by Hollister Noble; the two parties also collaborating on ""Drums in the Deep South"". During the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall has to run the blockade of the US coast being operated by the British, in order to collect a war loan obtained from France, which is being paid in gold bullion. His"
"necessary condition for investment. Story's dissent also possessed elements of nationalism, in that he sought to secure capital by restraining state legislatures from amending contracts. Oddly perhaps the most well known of Story's opinions is not among the most significant. Maybe the most remembered of Story's opinions is that of the Amistad Case, which made into a film by the same name, released in 1997 and directed by Steven Spielberg in which Story's role was played by retired Supreme Court justice Harry Blackmun. Story's opinion, for which he spoke for the unanimous majority, ruled regarding the freedom of a group"
"Hostile Waters (film) Hostile Waters is a British 1997 television film about the loss of the Soviet Navy's ""K-219"", a Yankee I class nuclear ballistic missile sub. The film stars Rutger Hauer as the commander of ""K-219"" and claims to be based on the true story. The film was produced by World Productions for the BBC and HBO, in association with Invision Productions and UFA Filmproduktions. It was written by Troy Kennedy Martin and directed by David Drury, and was first transmitted on BBC One on 26 July 1997. ""K-219"" performs a Crazy Ivan, and USS ""Aurora"" collides with her,"
"October 18, 1988. The play was revived in 2006, again under Heston, and has been revived there twice more (2009, 2012) since his death. The Caine Mutiny The Caine Mutiny is the 1951 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Herman Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard a destroyer-minesweeper in the Pacific Theater in World War II. Among its themes, it deals with the moral and ethical decisions made at sea by ship captains. The mutiny of the title is legalistic, not violent, and takes place during Typhoon Cobra, in December 1944. The court-martial that results provides the dramatic"